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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 30 > Downtown Bend loses full-time police patrol

Downtown Bend loses full-time police patrol

Amid budget woes, police chief seeks alternative to patrols business owners say have been effective

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
April 30, 2009

For the past few years, when the weather turned warm and more people began heading downtown, the Bend Police Department assigned an officer to patrol on foot, by bicycle and by car. Business owners and city officials say the increased police presence helped prevent loitering, vandalism and other....

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